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Cube (YC W12) Goes Deeper Than Your Standard iPad Register

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Re: Cube (YC W12) Goes Deeper Than Your Standard iPad Register

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To be exact, six times as many dimensions.

Square dimensions = 2 Cube dimensions = 3 3/2 = 1.5 Cube dimensions = 1.5x Square dimensions

My bad, got faces and dimensions confused.

Re: Cube (YC W12) Goes Deeper Than Your Standard iPad Register

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Does that qualify as trademark infringement? I can definitely see the case for customers being confused by the similarity to Square. edit: Can someone please explain why this is being downvoted? I'd like to make sure my contributions are constructive.

The top result for Paypal Triangle is Paypal Here, so maybe Paypal reconsidered that brand.

https://www.google.com/search?q=paypal+triangle

Re: Cube (YC W12) Goes Deeper Than Your Standard iPad Register

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What are those features?

We've been selling a ton of product via Groupon and need a POS system to handle the redemptions of those Groupons. One little quirk is that Groupon does NOT collect sales tax, so we're required to collect tax at the time of redemption. We need our POS system to handle a payment of type "Groupon" for $X and then a second payment for $Y. So - for example - if a product is $100 and tax is 5% (total due: $105), we need t…

I don't think customers are expecting that. I wouldn't.

Re: Cube (YC W12) Goes Deeper Than Your Standard iPad Register

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post #29
post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are those features?

We've been selling a ton of product via Groupon and need a POS system to handle the redemptions of those Groupons. One little quirk is that Groupon does NOT collect sales tax, so we're required to collect tax at the time of redemption. We need our POS system to handle a payment of type "Groupon" for $X and then a second payment for $Y. So - for example - if a product is $100 and tax is 5% (total due: $105), we need t…

Isn't that the same as any coupon? Why not set up a "Groupon Coupon" that applies a $100 discount. It should end up with the sales tax at the end like you need.
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